Emergency Support Function 8 Public Health & Medical

ESF-8 Basics & The 1-2-3’s of ESF-8 Activation

State Perspective

Presentation Objectives

• Describe an overview of Florida’s emergency management system.

• Describe the ESF-8 concept of operations.• Describe your potential role and

responsibilities during state ESF-8 activation.

4 Phases Emergency Management

Mitigation

Preparedness

Response

Recovery

Disaster

Disaster Declarations

A: Local State of Emergency

C: Presidential Declaration of Disaster

B: State Emergency

Local Level

Federal Level

Comprehensive Emergency Management Plan (CEMP)

• Provides guidance to state and local officials

• Supports an integrated and coordinated response

• Adopts a functional approach to response

• Is based on National Response Framework (NRF)

State and Local Coordination

• State EOC is the central coordinating point for all counties.

• County EOC is the local coordinating point.• Local ESF-8 is usually coordinated through

County Health Department Director/ Administrator or designee.

• State ESF-8 lead is the State Surgeon General or designee.

Florida’s Emergency ManagementConcept of Operations

Local State of Emergency

Local ResourcesAnd

Regional Mutual Aid

State Agencies

Inter & Intra State

Mutual Aid

Federal EmergencyManagement

Agency (FEMA)

State Emergency Operations Center

(SEOC)

Florida’s Emergency Management Concept of Operations

• All disasters are local• State support locals with resources as

requested• Federal government supports states

with resources

Assistance Request Process

Municipality

State Emergency Operations

Center(SEOC)

County Emergency Operations

Center (CEOC)

Municipality

Municipality

Federal Emergency Management Agency

(FEMA)

State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC): Concept of Operations

Governor

State Coordinating Officer (SCO)

State Emergency Response Team

(SERT) Chief

Planning Section

OperationsSection

Logistics Section

Fin/Admin Section

Modified Incident Command System (ICS)

Emergency Support Function (ESF)

• State Emergency Response Teams (SERT) grouped into 18 Standard Emergency Support Functions (ESFs).

• Functions represent specificresponse activities common to all disasters.

• Each ESF comprised of one primary agency and several support agencies and organizations.

Emergency Support Functions(ESF)

• ESF-1 Transportation• ESF-2 Communications• ESF-3 Public Works• ESF-4 Fire Fighting• ESF-5 Info & Planning• ESF-6 Mass Care• ESF-7 Resource Support

• ESF-8 Public Health & Medical

• ESF-9 Search & Rescue• ESF-10 Hazardous Materials

• ESF-11 Food and Water

• ESF-12 Energy

• ESF-13 Military Affairs

• ESF-14 Public Information

• ESF-15 Volunteers & Donations

• ESF-16 Law Enforcement

• ESF-17 Animal Protection & Agriculture

• ESF-18 Business & Industry

ESF-8: Public Health and Medical

• Coordinates the state’s health and medical resources, capabilities, and capacities.

• Provides the means for a public health response, triage, treatment, and transportation.

• Assists with evacuation.

ESF-8: Public Health and Medical

• Supports hospitals, nursing homes, and assisted living facilities.

• Provides emergency behavioral health crisis counseling.

• Provides special needs sheltering and care.• Re-establishes all healthcare systems.

• Assures chain of command with comprehensive communication

Examples of ESF-8 Missions(In support of the Healthcare System)

• Ambulance or Air Asset Deployments• Health & Medical Assessment Team Deployment• Biological, Chemical,

Radiological Incident Management

• Behavioral Health• Healthcare Workforce

Staff Deployment

Examples of ESF-8 Missions(In support of the Healthcare System)

• Disease Surveillance & Investigations• Laboratories (State) • Testing • Hazardous Materials • Incident Assessments• Medical Supply

Deployment• Feeding Station and Shelter Inspection

Examples of ESF-8 Missions(In support of the Healthcare System)

• Portable Toilet Placement • Special Needs Shelter (SpNS) Set-Up and

Management • Environment Assessments• Support for Healthcare Facilities• Other Missions Assigned by SERT Chief

SEOC Levels of Activation